10.1055/b-0038-162850 13 Minimally Invasive Surgery in Spinal InfectionsMoritz Perrech and Roger Hartl Introduction Minimally invasive surgery (MIS) of spinal disorders consists of procedures that aim at reducing the extent of…
10.1055/b-0038-162847 10 Surgical Management of Spinal TuberculosisAjoy Prasad Shetty, Rishi M. Kanna, and S. Rajasekaran Introduction Early diagnosis along with effective multidrug antituberculous chemotherapy has revolutionized the treatment of spinal…
10.1055/b-0038-162843 6 Pyogenic Spondylodiskitis: Diagnosis and ManagementJoost P.H.J. Rutges, Diederik Hendrik Ruth Kempen, and F. Cumhur Oner Introduction The incidence of pyogenic spondylodiskitis has increased in recent decades. Whereas tuberculosis…
10.1055/b-0038-162845 8 Spinal Tuberculosis: Pathogenesis, Clinical Features, and InvestigationsRishi M. Kanna, Ajoy Prasad Shetty, and S. Rajasekaran Introduction Chronic infections of the vertebral column are usually granulomatous and are caused…
10.1055/b-0038-162846 9 Drug Therapy for Spinal TuberculosisMathew Varghese Introduction Tubercular infection of the spine is an infection of the vertebral elements by Mycobacterium tuberculosis or its variants. Like all infections,…
10.1055/b-0038-162844 7 Spinal Epidural AbscessFrank Kandziora, Klaus John Schnake, and Christoph-H. Hoffmann Introduction Since its first description in G.B. Morgagni´s landmark work De sedibus et causis morborum per anatomen indigatis…
10.1055/b-0038-162842 5 Pyogenic Spondylodiskitis: Pathogenesis and Clinical FeaturesMauro Antonio Fernandes, Luiz Roberto Vialle, and Phelipe de Souza Menegaz Introduction Spinal infections may be classified as mycobacterial, fungal, or pyogenic. 1…
10.1055/b-0038-162841 4 Instrumentation and Spinal InfectionsHisam Muhamad Ariffin, Yoshiharu Kawaguchi, and ChungChek Wong Introduction The use of spinal instrumentation is on the rise. Various instrumentation systems have been developed in…
10.1055/b-0038-162839 2 Risk Stratification and Prevention of Postoperative Spinal InfectionsHideyuki Arima, Leah Y. Carreon, and Steven D. Glassman Introduction The rate of surgical site infection (SSI) in spine surgery has…
10.1055/b-0038-162838 1 Epidemiology, Microbiology, and Pathology of Spinal InfectionsAbdulrazzaq Alobaid and Abdulaziz Al-Mutair Introduction Spinal infections are a difficult problem, manifesting either as a dreaded postoperative complication or present as…
